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Subject: n-digit Pi algorithm
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Does anybody out there know the algorithm for computing Pi to n-digits ?
I don't mean 22/7 or a quickie approximate-it-in-a-loop-in-basic... I
mean computing it to like 100,000 places.  Not that this has much practical
value, of course, but just as a nifty computing curiosity.  Thanks.

Richard
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